How to convert dvd audio only to listen on ipod? Legally? Safely? (Read 498 times)

...and that is the question. I have some real gems on DVD, like Athens Georgia Inside Out and the entire LiveAid (original) and other fab finds, but I'd REALLY like to LISTEN to the audio on my ipod shuffle. Not interested in ripping to watch the video part on anything else, just extracting the audio from the DVD. Is this do-able with any safe open source programs--legally?

Legally, I don't think its possible. The encryption on DVD's makes any extraction of audio technically illegal. Morally, I have no problem with it unless you're doing it to make a profit somehow. The basic steps I use to do this are: 1. Rip the DVD audio/video - I use Handbrake 2. Open the file in Audacity (freeware, cross platform, google it) 3. Export as MP3 (you may have to separately install the LAME encoder) Using Audacity, it is also possible to cut it up into separate tracks. I've done this for some concert DVD's that I wanted the live tracks off of.